Product Design and Development
About
This drawing of a tray table is an example of the in-depth design involved in the final project of the class. (Image courtesy of Lane Ballard, Tom Burns, John Celmins, Paul Glomski, Amber Mazooji, Minja Penttila, Chris Piscitelli, and Tomer Posner.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Matthew Kressy
Prof. Steven Eppinger
Prof. Thomas Roemer
Prof. Warren Seering
MIT Course Number
15.783J / 2.739J
As Taught In
Spring 2006
Level
Graduate
Course Features
Course Description
Product Design and Development is a project-based course that covers modern tools and methods for product design and development. The cornerstone is a project in which teams of management, engineering, and industrial design students conceive, design and prototype a physical product. Class sessions are conducted in workshop mode and employ cases and hands-on exercises to reinforce the key ideas. Topics include identifying customer needs, concept generation, product architecture, industrial design, and design-for-manufacturing.